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JavaScript Showdown: Android 2.2 vs iOS4

The gents at Ars did a little JavaScript testing on Google’s Android 2.2 versus Apple’s iOS4 to see which platform had a speedier Web browser. Based on SunSpider and V8 benchmarks, Froyo blew the doors off iOS4 and Éclair. According to said benchmark tests, Froyo is nearly three times faster than Éclair and three times better …

Twidroid Is Not The Droid You’re Looking For, Lucas Films

Uber popular Android Twitter app Twidroid has been acquired by TweetUp and will now be known as Twidroyd to avoid any future altercations with Lucas Films over trademark infringement.

The company also announced that the application will be renamed Twidroyd in order to ensure minimal confusion with products from Lucas Films,

LG Optimus Android Phones To Ship With Froyo

And the award for most underwhelming press release goes to LG.

The other Korean CE manufacturer announced that the Android-powered Optimus One and Optimus Chic will ship with Froyo but specs for either device were withheld.

Oh, LG plans to ship Android tablets later this year. Oh, oh, oh, LG will roll out 10 devices under the …

Motorola Droid X Review: New King of Verizon’s Android Lineup

The countless comparisons between feature-rich Android handsets and Apple’s iPhone won’t likely taper off any time in the near future. But believe it or not, aside from being slabs of electronics that make phone calls, access the internet, and feature app stores, there’s really not a whole lot that a phone like the Droid X and the …

Yahoo! Comes to Android

PSA Android owners-

Yahoo! has just made available apps for Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Search.

Also, Yahoo! Mail and News have been HTML5 optimized for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

That is all.

Press release after the jump.

Android 2.2 Update Being Rolled Out to Nexus One Owners

Do you own the Google-backed Nexus One smartphone? Then you, my friend, will get the Google-backed Android 2.2 software very soon. It’s currently rolling out to Nexus One handsets via an over-the-air update.

Per Google, “In order to access the update, you will receive a message on your phone’s notification bar. Just download the …

First Look: Motorola Droid X

Behold the Motorola Droid X. Announced yesterday and coming to Verizon on July 15th for $200 after a $100 mail-in rebate and two-year contract, Motorola’s latest Android phone takes dead aim at a certain fruit-related smartphone available on AT&T’s network.

I’ve been delicately manhandling the Droid X for the past couple hours, …

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